# penpot/penpot

Penpot: The open-source design platform for Product teams that need scalable collaboration.

Repository: https://github.com/penpot/penpot
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/penpot
Homepage: https://penpot.app
Language: Clojure
License: MPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: ux-design, ux-experience, prototyping, clojure, clojurescript, ui, design
Last push: 2026-08-26T21:28:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3900, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 6, "gap_med": 9, "n_releases_24m": 46}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 59220, forks 4003 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:18.727131+00:00)

## What it is
Penpot is an open-source, browser-based design and prototyping platform for product teams, built with Clojure/ClojureScript. It offers UI design, interactive prototyping, design systems with tokens, real-time multiplayer collaboration, and full self-hosting with an open API, plugin system, and MCP server for AI workflows.

## Use cases
- design UI mockups and wireframes in the browser
- build interactive prototypes to share with stakeholders
- create and maintain design systems with components and design tokens
- self-host a Figma alternative for data privacy and ownership
- collaborate in real time between designers and developers
- convert designs to code and code to design with open standards like CSS, HTML, SVG
- extend the design tool with plugins or AI agents via MCP

## When to choose
- you need an open-source, self-hostable design platform with no vendor lock-in
- your team wants design-to-code workflows based on open web standards
- you need real-time multiplayer design collaboration at scale
- you want to integrate design tooling with AI agents, webhooks, or a plugin ecosystem

## When to avoid
- you rely on advanced features exclusive to proprietary tools like Figma's ecosystem
- you need a lightweight desktop-only design tool without server infrastructure
- you lack the capacity to self-host and prefer not to use the cloud offering

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: ui-components, web-framework, plugin-system, developer-tools, mcp, api-framework
- domain: web-design, web-development, frontend, self-hosted, developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: self-hosted, browser, cross-platform
- tags: design-tool, figma-alternative, prototyping, design-systems, design-tokens, real-time-collaboration, ux-design, clojure, open-standards, code-to-design, web-server, docker

## Member repositories
- penpot/penpot (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:18.727131+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:18:13.045839+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/penpot/penpot (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:18.727131+00:00, sha 56ddd77f7cd2)
  - homepage: https://penpot.app (fetched 2026-08-28T18:00:54.593571+00:00, sha 138740a52f40)
  - site_page: https://penpot.app/features (fetched 2026-08-28T18:00:54.601888+00:00, sha bc20146689ff)
  - site_page: https://penpot.app/about (fetched 2026-08-28T18:00:54.609449+00:00, sha 507d737d1f0d)
  - site_page: https://penpot.app/integrations-api (fetched 2026-08-28T18:00:54.604517+00:00, sha eae4dc328e6b)
  - site_page: https://penpot.app/pricing (fetched 2026-08-28T18:00:54.606117+00:00, sha 59c071ba8123)
  - site_page: https://penpot.app/self-host (fetched 2026-08-28T18:00:54.607814+00:00, sha 13f6b83a4f69)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.